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The Massachusetts Senate race won big ratings for Boston TV stations on Jan. 19. Election coverage gave most stations a ratings boost during primetime and the numbers rivaled some of their network programs. WBZ-TV (Channel 4)'s 9 p.m. coverage that night, for example, tied in ratings with its Sunday airing of 60 Minutes.

WCVB-TV Channel 5's 8 p.m. election coverage drew 234,000 total viewers, then 339,000 viewers at 9 p.m. and then 324,000 people at 10 p.m. WBZ's 9 p.m. news coverage had 280,000 folks and WHDH-TV (Channel 7) had 186,00 viewers on election day at 10 p.m. Below is a list of most watched Boston programs in primetime for the week of Jan. 18-24.